Twins Rally Past Careless Tigers 4-3

Summary of 2 articles · Updated May 11, 2014

The Twins took advantage of poor defense by the Tigers in the late innings. Eduardo Nunez hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and the Minnesota Twins rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday. With the Twins trailing by two run… (more)s in the eighth and reliever Joba Chamberlain on the mound, Brian Dozier was hit by a pitch and Joe Mauer walked to ignite the rally. Ray pitched six scoreless innings in his second big league start and Ian Kinsler homered to put the Tigers up 3-0 in the fifth. Deduno, who replaced Mike Pelfrey in the rotation after Pelfrey was placed on the 15-day disabled list on May 2, went six innings, giving up three runs on six hits and a walk with five strikeouts, but he was saddled with a no-decision.

Twins rally in eighth to stun Tigers, clinch series

Samuel Deduno turned in a quality start in his second start of the year, and the Twins rallied for three runs in the eighth inning to shock the Tigers with a 4-3 win on Sunday afternoon at Comerica Park.